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Justice and Accountability

Supporting survivors who seek justice for crimes committed during the Internal Armed Conflict

Our Justice & Accountability program provides important information to our grassroots network on groundbreaking human rights cases and the ongoing struggle to end impunity for crimes against humanity and genocide. We provide strategic analysis to our network, framing present-day struggles in Guatemala within a context of historic and ongoing U.S. imperialism. We respond to survivors’ calls for physical accompaniment and advocacy support as they pursue legal cases, historical memory processes, and community healing.

Background

Since the signing of the Peace Accords in 1996, Guatemalan individuals and organizations have courageously sought justice. The U.S. government provided financial support and training to the Guatemalan military, responsible for the egregious human rights violations that occurred during 36 years of Internal Armed Conflict. According to the UN Historical Clarification Commission, over 200,000 people were killed and an additional 45,000 forcibly disappeared by state forces.

With creativity and bravery, survivors work daily to defend and restore collective memory of the genocide. They aim to guarantee that genocide is never repeated, while taking on the unfinished liberatory work of those who were taken by state violence.

Cases

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8April, 2014

Interview with Judge Yassmín Barrios: “The door to impunity and corruption is being opened”

By |April 8th, 2014|Categories: Genocide Trial, Justice and accountability|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

Interview originally published by El Periódico in Spanish. Translation by NISGUA. Judge Yassmín Barrios Photo: El Periódico   Judge Iris Yassmín Barrios, presiding judge of the High Risk Crimes Court A, refers to the decision handed [...]

26March, 2014

Guatemala’s Constitutional Court set to hear arguments regarding fate of genocide trial

By |March 26th, 2014|Categories: Genocide Trial, Justice and accountability|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

This morning, the Constitutional Court (CC), Guatemala’s highest court, will hear arguments regarding the April 2013 decision by Judge Carol Patricia Flores to set the genocide case back to a pre-trial phase. The mid-trial [...]

27February, 2014

Guatemala commemorates victims and 15 year anniversary of truth commission

By |February 27th, 2014|Categories: Genocide Trial, Justice and accountability|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

February 25 marks the annual Day of Dignity for Victims of the Internal Armed Conflict in Guatemala. In addition, 15 years ago to the day, the UN-sponsored Historical Clarification Commission presented its "Guatemala: Memory [...]

10February, 2014

Organizations denounce high court decision to remove Attorney General Paz y Paz

By |February 10th, 2014|Categories: Genocide Trial, Justice and accountability|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Guatemalan Attorney General Claudia Paz y Paz Photo: Ministerio Público Last week Guatemala's Constitutional Court (CC) emitted a provisional ruling stating that Attorney General Claudia Paz y Paz should end her term in May [...]

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